The effect of college attendance upon personality as measured by the Bernreuter Personality Inventory Export

@article{RefWorks:250, abstract = {In 1939 the Bernreuter Personality Inventory was administered to 194 freshmen at the University of Arizona. Only 15 of these students remained four years later when the Inventory was administered a second time. With few exceptions, this group became more stable emotionally, more self-sufficient, more extrovertive, more dominant, and more self-confident. There was a slight decrease in sociability. Almost all the exceptions, in which the change was contrary to the trend of the group, occurred in persons who had rated very high originally, a finding which seems to indicate a trend toward a more well-balanced personality. It is not certain that the changes found were the result of college training. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Burton, M. V.}, citeulike-article-id = {951276}, journal = {Journal of Educational Research}, keywords = {attendance, change, higher-education, personality, students}, pages = {708--711}, posted-at = {2006-11-19 02:39:03}, priority = {2}, title = {The effect of college attendance upon personality as measured by the Bernreuter Personality Inventory}, volume = {38}, year = {1945} }

TY - JOUR ID - RefWorks:250 L3 - citeulike-article-id:951276 N2 - In 1939 the Bernreuter Personality Inventory was administered to 194 freshmen at the University of Arizona. Only 15 of these students remained four years later when the Inventory was administered a second time. With few exceptions, this group became more stable emotionally, more self-sufficient, more extrovertive, more dominant, and more self-confident. There was a slight decrease in sociability. Almost all the exceptions, in which the change was contrary to the trend of the group, occurred in persons who had rated very high originally, a finding which seems to indicate a trend toward a more well-balanced personality. It is not certain that the changes found were the result of college training. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved) JF - Journal of Educational Research EP - 711 TI - The effect of college attendance upon personality as measured by the Bernreuter Personality Inventory VL - 38 SP - 708 KW - attendance KW - change KW - higher-education KW - personality KW - students AU - Burton, MV PY - 1945/// ER -